President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet President Donald Trump in the US this week amid escalating tensions between the two countries.
The visit aims to reset the strategic relationship between SA and the US, the two leaders set to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues.
Recent tensions between the two countries have arisen due to claims about a genocide against Afrikaners in SA, which the government has denied.
Last week, a group of Afrikaners left for the US after they were granted refugee status by Trump's administration in February.
Ramaphosa is hoping the visit will help counter false claims repeatedly pushed by Trump that white Afrikaner farmers are victims of a genocide.